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Should Residential Properties Carry Anchorage’s Tax Burden

January 28, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

According to the recently published 2019 Anchorage property appraisal report, Anchorage has total property values of $46 billion. However, not all of that $46 billion is taxed due to ‘exemptions’. State mandatory exemptions by type include seniors/disabled vets, Continue Reading

How to Measure Your Home’s Value

January 17, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Alaska is a non-disclosure state when it comes to establishing your home’s value. That means that both Zillow and the MOA do not really know the true market value of your home. Using algorithms and public data, Zillow’s Zestimates are frequently misleading. Continue Reading

Follow Mark Twain’s Advice

January 11, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Before he died in 1910, Mark Twain said ‘Buy land because they ain’t goin’ to make any more of it.” Back then, I’m pretty sure Twain wasn’t thinking about subdivisions with roads, water, sewer, rolled vs. detached curbs or streets with insulation. But Twain was right Continue Reading

Do You Live in a Common Interest Community?

January 7, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

According to the Community Associations Institute’s report published in 2016, 68 million Americans or the equivalent of 21% of the U.S. population live in a common-interest community. Fifty-three percent are Homeowner Associations and forty-four are Condominium Continue Reading

Got Drywall Cracks? Here’s What You Need to Do

January 7, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

The November 30th earthquake was a big one, creating thousands of drywall cracks in hundreds of homes. According to national building standards, drywall cracks greater than 1/16th of an inch should be repaired. So if you’ve got drywall cracks in your home Continue Reading

Coming Real Estate Trends in 2019

January 7, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 by Connie Yoshimura Although we Alaskans still like to think we’re different than our cousins in the lower 48, there are some housing trends and economic factors that will affect even us in Alaska as we move forward into Continue Reading

How Dining Rooms and Kitchens Have Changed

January 7, 2019 by Connie Yoshimura Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving is one of the few days in the year when homeowners actually use their dining rooms. For the rest of the time, most of us have become more casual and eat around the kitchen island. Gone, too, is the formal living room, replaced by the great room in Continue Reading